Vaccinium ovalifolium (commonly known as Alaska blueberry, early blueberry, oval-leaf bilberry, oval-leaf blueberry, and oval-leaf huckleberry) is a plant in the heath family with three varieties, all of which grow in northerly regions.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alaska Blueberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vaccinium ovalifolium
- Vaccinium membranaceum
- Vaccinium deliciosum
- Vaccinium parvifolium
- Vaccinium arctostaphylos
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- Vaccinium alaskaense
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